Back To School!
September 1, 2008
Wow, seems like only yesterday that I had my first son - I remember him scooting off the bed at 4 months and landing in a pile of towels, sleeping on my chest at three days old (I was a co-sleeper) and getting his big boy bed at 18 mos because his sister was due. Now he’s going to school? Next thing you know, he’ll be driving.
Now, I’m cool, I’m cool. I won’t be that crying mom in front of the school on the first day, (at least I don’t think so.) I’ll be the one with the pink digital camera, telling him to smile. I am glad and sad at once. Glad that he is making the transition to being a “big boy” in “big school” but at the same time, he is flying from the nest into situations that he has never before encountered.
Hopefully preschool and parents have provided him with the necessary brain power and defenses to ward off a maximum of any concerns. He’s a great child, very caring and loving, and I certainly don’t want to see him become hard and cynical as some of the children with whom I’ve come into contact. Ahh, the woes of motherhood - I know you have to let go sometime, but it’s only been five years!
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Good luck to both of you! First days of school are both great and sad. It’s so cliche but the don’t stay little long.
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
You sound like me the first day my girls went to kindergarten. I boo hooed all the way to work. I got over it quick though. LOL. We raise them with the morals we think they should have, pray for them constantly and hope for the best. You will know when to step in like the Momma I know you are when something does not seem right. You have two more to go.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
While I have spent much time bemoaning the fact that our Princess will not be going to nursery school this year (not in the budget) I am equally dreading the very first day of kindergarten this time next year. I can so relate to this post, Mama. Hang in there.